Crop and Claw was released on Greenery Day 2024. To celebrate, it's now on sale for 50% for the week. It's gone through a few updates, but aside from the fact Windows still likes to crash it, it's stable on anything else we've run it on.
Since release, Crop and Claw has gotten updates for:
- Repainted mode, with higher detailed graphics and MIDI music to compliment Classic mode with its Famicom graphics and music.
- A randomizer for items and dungeon enemies.
- A bootleg localization for April Fool's Day 2025.
- A fair number of bug fixes and small quality of life touches.
- A free release on Portmaster for playing on low-end Linux powered devices.
- A small presskit on Dinoleaf's website.
Additionally, a retrospective was thrown together some time ago now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuJHSfEPflY
Crop and Claw 2
Aside from fixing that some year, and maybe a possibly overlooked bug or two that gets caught over time, it's probably as final as it's going to get. Thus, we may as well spotlight that Crop and Claw does have a sequel in development, which is available to be wishlisted on Steam now. A demo will be coming sometime within the oncoming months. Crop and Claw 2 will be greatly increasing the scope, and development's been focused on getting the core working. It features many cut ideas of the prequel, more ways to play and replay, and is far more accessible to the average player without sacrificing the freedom of Crop and Claw 1.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3065270/Crop_and_Claw_2/
Feel free to share with other dragon adventure connoisseurs. While you wait, you can read the work-in-progress novella at https://dinoleaf.com/pages/writing/ which takes place between Crop and Claw 1 and 2. It is currently unfinished but in beta-reading.
You can also follow development most closely on Dinoleaf's Discord at https://discord.gg/D3ttpCkmyk.